Hi there, my name is Bill Keating and I would like to welcome you to the Seeing Eye Photo Art website. This is very much work in progress at this time so initially there will be changes on a regular basis. I hope you enjoy your visit with me; have a scout about and see what I do. I will be pleased to quote you for Weddings; Portraits; Advertising; Commercial; Portfolios; Groups; Functions; Graduations etc. but I won't labour that aspect here. I am easy to talk to and will be glad to offer advice and help if I can, so please get in touch; there is an enquiry form and a forum, so feel free to use them, or leave a comment in the guest book.

I have always admired the power of photographs and of course the people who take them; when I was growing up in the 60's, photographers were becoming almost as well known as pop stars. Names like Bailey; Donovan; Morley; Lichfield et al were commonplace in the media. It was easy to dream of the glamour and mystery of the life at that time, but the reality of the situation, then as now, is that very few, and only very special ones, make it to the heady heights of public accolade. It wasn't until I formed a friendship with Mick Murphy, a 'mountain goat' and tolerably fine landscape photographer, that I began to see the camera as an instrument which you learn to play, and just like any other instrument, the more you play it the better you get. Mick demystified the whole business of taking photographs for me, I watched him get some wonderful results from a 35mm body and nothing other than a standard lens. Well you would not want to be lugging 20Kg of camera gear up the side of a Scottish Mountain in the middle of winter now would you? (Check out his website at Scotland's Colours).

Well that's how it started, but where is it going form here?

The digital era is well and truly with us; digital cameras and scanners have completely transformed the way we capture images; sophisticated and powerful software and computers allow us to develop, enhance, and utilize our images in ways that even a very few years ago would have been considered the realm of the specialist, and the web provides us with a showcase for our work. So I suppose the answer to that question is: It's up to you guys out there!

I hope you bookmark my site and come back regularly; I have a load of material still to put here, and I'll work at it a bit at a time to let you know what I do and how I do it. Meanwhile, since this is my first attempt at a website and a new discipline for me, and I wanted to undertake the project myself to keep it personal, I will, as I have always done learn from hands-on experience and from others' feedback.

See you soon,

Bill